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January 11, 2007
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Ancient floods carved Kasei Valles
Kasei Channels
The Mars Color Imager test view looks northward and includes the large Argyre Basin in Mars' southern hemisphere.
View of Argyre Basin from Test of Mars Color Image
The white arrows indicate locations in this scene where numerous seasonal dark streaks, called "recurring slope lineae," have been identified in the Coprates Montes area of Mars' Valles Marineris b...
Numerous Seasonal 'Lineae' on Coprates Montes, Mars
This Southern autumn image captures a view of frosty dunes. The sunlight is shining on the dunes from the upper right.
Frost in Dune Shadows
Caught in Action: This image shows avalanches on North Polar Scarps.
Caught in Action: Avalanches on North Polar Scarps
Download a PDF of the Explore Mars Sticker.
Explore Mars Sticker
This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 2, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 2 (Labeled)
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter dips into the thin martian atmosphere to adjust its orbit in this artist's concept illustration.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Aerobraking
This image, taken Jan. 26, 2012, shows NASA's no-longer-active Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft after its second Martian arctic winter.
Phoenix Lander After Second Martian Winter
Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter near Mars.
Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter near Mars.
This mosaic, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the planned route (in yellow) of NASA's Curiosity rover from "Pah...
Curiosity Rover Planned Route
Polygonal Ridge in Gordii Dorsum Region, Mars
Polygonal Ridge in Gordii Dorsum Region, Mars
Women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory pose for a photo in mission control in honor of Women in Science Day.
Women in Science
In early 2017, after more than a decade of observing Mars, the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) surpassed 99 percent coverage of the entire planet. This mosaic shows that...
Mars Global Coverage by Context Camera on MRO
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this series of false-color pictures of sand dunes in the north polar region of Mars.
Thawing 'Dry Ice' Drives Groovy Action on Mars
This HiRISE image shows a crater approximately 11 km (7 miles) in diameter, located in Acidalia Planitia, part of the Northern Plains. Several features in and around this crater are suggestive of f...
Signs of Fluids and Ice in Acidalia Planitia
This impact crater has gullies incised into its walls on the north and eastern sides. A couple of gullies on the north wall are unusual because a segment in the middle becomes wider than the upslop...
Gullies with Varied Shapes on a Crater Wall (3-D)
This image contrasts gullies and recurring warm-season slope flows appearing in the same crater, in the middle southern latitudes of Mars.
Gullies and Newly Identified Flow Features in Same Mars Crater
This image contrasts gullies and recurring warm-season slope flows appearing in the same crater, in the middle southern latitudes of Mars.
Gullies and Newly Identified Flow Features in Same Mars Crater (Arrows)
This map of the region around NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the relative locations of several craters and the rover in May 2010.
Opportunity Amid Mars Craters
This map shows the route on lower Mount Sharp that NASA's Curiosity followed between April 19, 2015, and Nov. 5, 2015. During this period the mission investigated silica-rich rock targets includin...
Curiosity's Path During 2015 Studies of Silica-Rich Rocks
This picture was taken during the Martian summer with only small patches of ice remaining at the surface; they show up as bright, somewhat blue, spots on slopes that provide some shading from the Sun.
Sand Dunes Near the North Pole
The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of the Perseverance rover on Feb. 24, 2021.
HiRISE Views Perseverance After Landing
This series of images shows warm-season features that might be evidence of salty liquid water active on Mars today.
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Newton Crater (Six-Image Sequence)
This image acquired on December 3, 2018 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cross-section of a dune field. Dune shape depends on several factors, including the amount of sand present and ...
A First Look at Dunes
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